Flutracking provides a measure of field influenza vaccine effectiveness, Australia, 2007-2009

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 6809-6810

  Carlson, Sandra J ^a   Durrheim, David N ^a   Dalton, Craig B ^a,b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flutracking; Influenza; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956875765     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.08.051     Document Type: Letter

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